Seminars

WFCB Seminar Series
When: Wednesdays, 4:10 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
Where: Foster Room, First Floor Meyer Hall

Interested in presenting? Please contact Daniel Karp (dkarp@ucdavis.edu)

October 4, 2023

Daniel Karp
Associate Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Talk: Maximum temperatures determine the habitat affiliations of North American mammals

Leticia Cavole
Postdoc, Lewis Otolith Geochemistry and Fish Ecology Laboratory, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Talk: Otoliths as tools to understand changes and patterns in fishes from South America to North America

October 25, 2023

Alexander Scott
Assistant Specialist, Lewis Otolith Geochemistry and Fish Ecology Laboratory, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Talk: Strontium isotope otolith geochemistry reveals complex early life histories in Longfin Smelt

Brian Todd
Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Talk: A requirement, not a band-aid: the role of head-starting in recovering desert tortoise populations

November 15, 2023

Sidney Woodruff
PhD Candidate, Todd Lab, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Group in Ecology
Talk: Effects of invasive American bullfrogs on Western pond turtle populations in Yosemite National Park

Garfield Tsz Kwan
Postdoc, Fangue Lab, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Talk: Developing a metabolic index for native fishes in the San Francisco Bay Estuary

Gary Bucciarelli
Adjunct Professor, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology
Talk: From newts to artificial intelligence: connecting natural history, field research, and conservation across field stations in the UC Natural Reserve System

December 6, 2023

Katie Lauck
PhD Candidate, Karp Lab, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Group in Ecology
Talk: Towards a mechanistic understanding of the interactive effects of heat and land cover on bird reproduction

Alexander Johanson
Masters Student, Lusardi Lab, Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology and the Graduate Group in Ecology
Talk: Smolt monitoring in tomales bay